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REFLECTIONS: Photography Project Concept Art and Lighting Tests

REFLECTIONS: Photography Project Concept Art and Lighting Tests

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Here is some concept art for my Digital Photography Project i talked about in an earlier post:
Now, on my previous post i was thinking of doing this as a series of images displayed horizontally, one next to the other... but i was thinking of the concept of "an image within an image", much like Tom Hussey's series called "Reflections".
Much like his series, i want to show an old person reflecting on memories from his life. Instead of having the "reflection" in a mirror, i want the past memories to be photos in picture frames on the wall. Now this could be done as four images inside one big image (creating a series of five images), or it could be a photo of an old man in the center, with another four photos around him, and slightly smaller.

Finally, on Friday i had the chance to participate in a friends shoot, so i managed to gain a bit more experience with the studio flashes (note to self: next time, don't forget the light meter, or you'll be spending a good 10 minutes playing with the camera settings)

Some of the shots i got were:
Note: These photos have not been edited, and are straight off the camera.

I was experimenting with a three point lighting set up:
  • A key light to the left, using a soft box to diffuse the light
  • A fill light, just behind and above the camera, using an umbrella.
  • A rim light, to the right and behind the subject with no accessory attached.
An idea i have is for the images showing the younger self of the subject, the rim light should be more intense, and for the final shot of the old man the lighting should be quite soft, so that the lighting contrasts the intense/quite lifestyle of the two time periods.


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Some say he’s half man half fish, others say he’s more of a seventy/thirty split. Either way he’s a fishy bastard.

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